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Israel has a small coastline on the Red Sea in the south. Israel's area is approximately 20,770 km 2 (8,019 sq mi), which includes 445 km 2 (172 sq mi) of inland water. [1] [2] [3] Israel stretches 424 km (263 mi) from north to south, and its width ranges from 114 km (71 mi) at its widest point to 10 km (6.2 mi) at its narrowest point. [3]
List. Israel has 16 cities with populations over 100,000, including Jerusalem and Tel Aviv-Yafo. [ 2] In all, there are 77 Israeli localities granted "municipalities" (or "city") status by the Ministry of the Interior, including four Israeli settlements in the West Bank. [ 3] Two more cities are planned: Kasif, a planned city to be built in the ...
Outline of Israel. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Israel: Israel – country in the Middle East, on the southeastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea and the northern shore of the Red Sea. The State of Israel ( Medinat Yisrael) came into existence as the homeland for the Jewish people at the termination ...
Map 1: United Nations-derived boundary map of Israel and the Israeli-occupied territories (2007, updated to 2018) The modern borders of Israel exist as the result both of past wars and of diplomatic agreements between the State of Israel and its neighbours, as well as an effect of the agreements among colonial powers ruling in the region before Israel's creation.
East of the 1974 ceasefire line lies the Syrian controlled part of the Heights, an area that was not captured by Israel (500 square kilometres or 190 sq mi) or withdrawn from (100 square kilometres or 39 sq mi). This area forms 30% of the Golan Heights. [130] Today, [when?] it contains more than 40 Syrian towns and villages. In 1975, following ...
The United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine was a proposal by the United Nations, which recommended a partition of Mandatory Palestine at the end of the British Mandate. On 29 November 1947, the UN General Assembly adopted the Plan as Resolution 181 (II). [ 1] The resolution recommended the creation of independent Arab and Jewish States ...
Area: 172 km 2 Israeli population (EoY 2018): 427,800 [7] Arab/Bedouin population: 40,000. (excludes Area A and Area B). Largest city: Modi'in Illit. The name Judea and Samaria for this geographical area is based on terminology from the Hebrew and other sources relating to ancient Israel and Judah/Judea.
Ramallah and al-Bireh also form an agglomeration and are often considered a single city. [citation needed] The following is a list of all Palestinian cities under Ramallah-administration, their governorates, their specific jurisdictions and their populations according to the 2007 census and the 2015 estimate by the PCBS. Cities in the West Bank.